Quotes from Maharajji
Here is a selection of 108 Quotes of things said by Maharajji according to 'Miracle of Love', in alphabetical order. See section names and page numbers for personal reference.
# | Quote from 'Miracle of Love' (1979) | Section | Page# |
1 | A saint never accepts money. | About Money | 221 |
2 | All is God's will, but Maya prevents you from knowing it's all God's will. He gave us eyes, ears, nose, mouth. But He also gave us wisdom to use them to attain God. | Sadhana | 334 |
3 | All religions are the same, they all lead to God. God is everybody... The same blood flows through us all, the arms, the legs, the heart, all are the same. See no difference, see all the same. | Sadhana | 354 |
4 | All the money in the world is mine. Even the money in America. | About Money | 223 |
5 | All women are mothers and sisters, and all men fathers and brothers in God's family. | The Family Man | 273 |
6 | As long as the time does not arrive, one cannot die. | The Great Escape | 394 |
7 | Ask God or Hanuman. I'm just an ordinary being. I can do nothing. | God Does Everything | 142 |
8 | Attachment is the strongest block to realization. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
9 | Change is the way of the world, and if in this Kali Yuga (Dark Age) it has to go this way, let it go. Unless you are the Lord, you can't stop it anyway, so why berate it? | God Does Everything | 140 |
10 | Christ died for truth. | About Truth | 199 |
11 | Cleanse the mirror of your heart, and you will see God. | About Anger and Love | 259 |
12 | Clear the mind of all worldly things. If you can't control your mind, how will you realize God? | About Meditation and Service | 239 |
13 | Clinging to money is a lack of faith in God. | About Money | 219 |
14 | See God in everyone. It is deception to teach by individual differences and karma. | Under Maharajji's Blanket | 62 |
15 | Due to individual karma, people must be sent away from a saint. How this is done varies. When the time for the association ends, the separation must occur. | Jao | 377 |
16 | Even if a person hurts you, give him love. The worst punishment is to throw someone out of your heart. | About Anger and Love | 259 |
17 | The body passes away. Everything is impermanent except the love of God. | The Great Escape | 394 |
18 | Everywhere I look I see only Ram, and that's why I'm always honoring everything. | Hanuman | 371 |
19 | For a sadhu to stay in one place means trouble. A moving yogi, and a moving river... impurities and sediments and filth can never settle there. If I stay here, attachment will form. | Like the Wind | 266 |
20 | Forgiveness is the greatest weapon, because a saint so armed is unperturbable...he can give up anger immediately. | About Anger and Love | 256 |
21 | Give up money, and all wealth is yours. | About Money | 219 |
22 | God will give you everything you need for your spiritual development. Hold on to nothing. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 197 |
23 | This world is all attachment. Yet you get worried because you are attached. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
24 | He was crucified so that his spirit could spread throughout the world. He sacrificed his body for the dharma. He never died, he never died. He is Atman (the Soul), living in the hearts of all. | Sadhana | 353 |
25 | I am everybody's guru. | God Does Everything | 143 |
26 | I am here and I am in America. Whoever remembers me, I go to. | Key To The Mind | 114 |
27 | I am in the world but not concerned with the world. I am going through the marketplace, but not as a purchaser. ~Maharajji quoting Kabir | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 193 |
28 | I am the father of the world. The whole world is my child. | God Does Everything | 142 |
29 | I could have been such a great saint if I weren't so compassionate. | About Anger and Love | 261 |
30 | I could not get angry with you, even in a dream. | About Anger and Love | 252 |
31 | I do nothing. God does everything. | Hanuman | 371 |
32 | I don't want anything. I exist only to serve others. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 194 |
33 | I have no powers. I don't know anything. | God Does Everything | 130 |
34 | I will never allow one of my people to escape from me. | Jao | 377 |
35 | If the clay in a pot is unbaked, then when the pot breaks, the clay is reused. But if the pot is baked, then when it breaks, it is thrown away. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
36 | If you are free of attachment, you will lead a simple life in a simple environment. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 197 |
37 | You should love everyone as God, and love each other. If you cannot love each other, you cannot achieve your goal. | About Anger and Love | 259 |
38 | If you desire a mango at the moment of death, you'll be born an insect. If you even desire the next breath, you will take birth again. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
39 | If you do not make it empty, how will you fill it up again? | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
40 | If you have a toothache, you do what you do, but the mind remains on the tooth. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 197 |
41 | If you have enough faith, you can give up money and possessions. God will give you everything you need for your spiritual development. | About Money | 208 |
42 | If you want to see God, kill desires. Desires are in the mind. When you have a desire for something, don't act on it and it will go away. If you desire to drink this cup of tea, don't, and the desire for it will fall away." | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
43 | If your kundalini (spinal energy) awakens, you can go to America without a plane. | Embodied Spirit | 177 |
44 | Devotion to God is an addiction that lasts all the time. | About Drugs | 227 |
45 | India is a golden bird. It is a country of rishis and saints. | God Does Everything | 140 |
46 | It doesn't matter if you are married or not, it only matters how much you love God. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 196 |
47 | It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external. | Sadhana | 329 |
48 | It's better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 197 |
49 | Just as you filter water, have a working knowledge of Gurus. | Sadhana | 348 |
50 | Keep God in your heart like you keep money in a safe. | Sadhana | 334 |
51 | Keep me in your heart. | About Anger and Love | 261 |
52 | Kumbhak (retention of breath) can be attained through bhakti (devotion) also. When the emotion reaches climax, the breath stops and the mind becomes fixed. | About Anger and Love | 259 |
53 | Kundalini rests below the navel. It can be raised by the Guru's grace, by the gentle, simple touch of the Guru's hand. | About Meditation and Service | 246 |
54 | Love all men as God, even if they hurt you or shame you. Be like Gandhi and Christ. | About Anger and Love | 261 |
55 | Love is the strongest medicine. It is more powerful than electricity. | About Anger and Love | 260 |
56 | Love the poor. Serve them. Give everything to the poor, even your clothing. Give it all away. Jesus gave away all, including His body. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 197 |
57 | LSD allows you to come into the room and pranam to Christ, but after two hours you must leave. The best medicine is to love Christ. | About Drugs | 231 |
58 | Lust, Greed, Anger, Attachment - these are all paths to hell. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
59 | "Ma, what am I to do - there is no eye that can follow me. No one knows me, no one understands me. What am I to do?" (Said four days before He left His body) | God Does Everything | 131 |
60 | The person close to me can be scolded. | About Anger and Love | 252 |
61 | Marriage is more attachment. You need more devotion and discipline to have union with God when you are married. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 192 |
62 | Meditate to raise the kundalini. Think about God; it will go right up. | About Meditation and Service | 242 |
63 | Meditation is good, one can attain a pure mind by one-pointedness and detachment. Meditate upon one point and you will know God. | About Meditation and Service | 239 |
64 | Money brings anxieties. | About Money | 220 |
65 | Money is an obstacle. One in communion with God needs no money. | About Money | 214 |
66 | Money is never a problem. The difficulty is in the correct use of it. Lakhs and crores (large amounts) of rupees would come easily if they were going to be put to wise use. | About Money | 212 |
67 | Money should be used to help others. | About Money | 217 |
68 | Never hurt another's heart. | About Anger and Love | 259 |
69 | Everyone is a reflection of my face. | Sadhana | 355 |
70 | People are quick to take a chapatti, but slow to take the name of God. | Sadhana | 339 |
71 | Saints and birds don't collect. Saints give away what they have. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 191 |
72 | Christ and Hanuman saw all women as the Mother. You have to understand the Mother to realize God. | Krishna Play | 295 |
73 | See all women as mothers, serve them as your mother. When you see the entire world as the mother, the ego falls away. | Krishna Play | 295 |
74 | Serve as Hanuman served. | Hanuman | 361 |
75 | Serve the poor and remember God. You become one with Christ. | About Meditation and Service | 247 |
76 | Temples are but piles of stones. Attachment holds you back. | Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment | 194 |
77 | The best form to worship God is every form. | Sadhana | 355 |
78 | The best service you can do is to keep your thoughts on God. Keep God in mind every minute. | Sadhana | 334 |
79 | The eyes of a saint are always concentrated on the supreme self. The minute he is aware of himself, sainthood is lost. | Sadhana | 347 |
80 | The great sadhus don't have a human body. They are omnipresent. If a saint changes form, he doesn't necessarily have to take on a human body. The soul is the small form and the human body is the huge form. | Embodied Spirit | 183 |
81 | The guru must know everything about you. | Key To The Mind | 105 |
82 | The heart never grows old. | About Anger and Love | 258 |
83 | The mind should always be engaged in work. | About Meditation and Service | 248 |
84 | All action is prayer. All trees are desire-fulfilling. All water is the Ganga, all land is Varanasi. Love everything. | Sadhana | 345 |
85 | The whole universe is your home. All are your family. | The Family Man | 273 |
86 | To see God, you must have special eyes. Otherwise you cannot bear the shock. | About Meditation and Service | 242 |
87 | Total truth is necessary. You must live by what you say. | About Truth | 199 |
88 | Truth is the most difficult tapasya. Men will hate you for telling the truth. They will call you names. They may even kill you, but you must tell the truth. If you live in truth, God will always stand with you. | About Truth | 199 |
89 | Whatever may be guru - he may be a lunatic or a common person. Once you have accepted him, he is the lord of lords. | Sadhana | 329 |
90 | When a man has reached the point where he can sit in meditation for six months, there is no need of eating, no need of latrine or of rest. Only one drop of amrit nectar from the top of the head to the body keeps him alive. If a tiger eats that body there is no care, but only when the life comes back to the body will there be pain. | Sadhana | 328 |
91 | When asked how the heart could be purified, Maharajji said, "Always speak the truth." | About Truth | 200 |
92 | He was one with all beings and He had great love for all in the world. He was one with God. | Sadhana | 353 |
93 | Whoever works for God, his work will be done by itself. | About Meditation and Service | 248 |
94 | Why are you with such ego? One of these days you will have to leave this world and become one with the Earth. ~Maharajji quoting Kabir | The Great Escape | 394 |
95 | With desires, Hatha yoga does not work. Today no one really knows Hatha yoga. It can't work through books. They used to fast and use herbs. | Sadhana | 328 |
96 | I send people away because attachment happens both ways. | Jao | 377 |
97 | Work is God. Work is worship. | About Meditation and Service | 248 |
98 | One should not talk of things which were not of any benefit to anyone and, if it is difficult to believe, it should not be said at all. | tbd | tbd |
99 | Worldly people go outward, but you must go inward like the tortoise, withdrawing within your shell. | About Meditation and Service | 239 |
100 | When people think of me, I am with them. | Afterward | 410 |
101 | You can leave me. I won't leave you. Once I catch hold of you, I don't let go. | Afterward | 407 |
102 | You can't realize God if you see differences. Learn to find the love within. | Sadhana | 355 |
103 | You get wisdom from suffering. You are alone with God when you are sick, in the cremation ground or hospital. You call on God when you suffer. | The Stick That Heals | 159 |
104 | You must accept everyone and see in them the Lord. There is no other need for a saint. | Sadhana | 355 |
105 | You must accept the teachings of Christ and follow them. Christ said to be like a little child - never think or speak anything that could harm anyone. | Sadhana | 353 |
106 | You must honor Shiva through love. Ram and Shiva are the same. Ram worshipped Shiva, Shiva worshipped Ram, they are only one. | Sadhana | 354 |
107 | You should do your work, be friendly to everyone, and never quarrel with anyone. People who are jealous of you will oppose you in various ways but do not take it to heart. Do your work like a great hero and all will be well for you. | tbd | tbd |
108 | You should not talk about your wealth, wife, or sadhana or they will go away. | God Does Everything | 132 |
The original table was from the initial neemkarolibaba.com site, begun in 1999.
Using additional quotes from "Miracle of Love", on Feb 1, 2021, this table was expanded from 52 quotes to 108.